Greentrax Recordings
Greentrax Recordings

1986-2024: Celebrating Scotland's Music for 38 years

Ian Green: 1934-2024

Ian Hardie - A Breath Of Fresher Airs

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Fiddle — CD — CDTRAX049

Ian Hardie (fiddle) plays his own compositions on this his second album. Ian has played in many bands, including Jock Tamson’s Bairns and The Occasionals ceilidh band. Ian also plays Scottish small pipes and double bass and is accompanied by George McIntosh (piano), Duncan MacGillivray (bagpipes),… read more

Niamh Parsons - Loosely Connected

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX052

A quite remarkable Irish female voice, ranking with the best of several talented Irish women singers of that time (1982). Ian Green heard Niamh Parsons at the Edinburgh International Folk Festival and signed her up as soon as she came off the stage. She was that good! At that time Niamh was in the… read more

Ceolbeg - Seeds To The Wind

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Bands — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX048

The fine traditional song and instrumental band Ceolbeg features Gary West (Highland bagpipe, whistles, backing vocals), Davy Steele (lead vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Wendy Stewart (clarsach, concertina, backing vocals) and Peter Boond (founder member on flute, cittern, whistles, backing vocals).… read more

Brian McNeill - The Back O’ The North Wind

 — Ian Green’s Pick Of The Month — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX047

“This is Brian McNeill’s ground-breaking first solo album for Greentrax of 1991, after leaving The Battlefield Band. The theme is based on the persistence of Scotland’s people to migrate to all parts of the globe and looks in this instance at the lives of Scots in North America, past and… read more

Catherine-Ann MacPhee - Chi Mi’n Geamhradh

 — Gaelic Song — CD — CDTRAX038

I See Winter. This is the second album for Greentrax from the fine Gaelic singer Catherine-Ann MacPhee, originally from South Uist but later living In Canada. It was recorded at Pier House Studios and produced by Jim Sutherland, who recruited musicians Savourna Stevenson (harp), Jack Evans (whistles), Charlie… read more

Eric Bogle - Voices In The Wilderness

 — Solo Singers & Songwriters — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX040

One of Eric Bogle’s early albums after joining the Greentrax label. With a host of excellent musicians, including Andy McGloin (guitars), Brent Miller (electric bass), John Munro (guitars, mandolin), Andre Rytjoch (sax) and Greg Baker (slide guitar, harmonica). The album has a Country-ish feel to… read more

The McCalmans - The Ettrick Shepherd

 — Vocal Groups — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX046

This is a collection of songs by James Hogg, ‘The Ettrick Shepherd’ (1770 to 1835). Previously released by Greenwich Village Records and later purchased by Greentrax Recordings and re-released in 1991, this album has the original McCalmans’ line-up of Ian McCalman (vocals, guitar, organ, Olde… read more

Arthur Scott Robertson - Rehearses His Own Fiddle Compositions

 — Fiddle — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX044

Music In The Scottish Idiom. The late Arthur Scott Robertson was a native of Shetland and held a lifelong interest in the fiddle. He was a prolific composer of tunes and was an admirer of the Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler. The recordings were made in Arthur’s home and he is accompanied by Neil Scott Robertson on piano. read more

Elfrida Scott - Burns Songs in Gaelic

 — Robert Burns — Gaelic Song — Stream or Download only — CDTRAX042

Orain Le Raibeart Burns. Elfrida Scott has for some years been associated with Gaelic singing and for many years she competed very successfully at the National Mod, winning most of the major solo awards including the ‘Oban and Lorne’ Gold Medal. She has travelled extensively, singing at venues both in the UK and abroad.… read more

The Craig McCallum Scottish Dance Band - In A Different Light

 — £6 Stock Clearance CDs — Accordion & Melodeon — Ceilidh & Scottish Dance Bands — CD — CDTRAX037

Robbie Shepherd wrote a sleeve note for this album and one of his comments was: “The lift is there for dancing feet and the lilt is there for discerning ears.” This was the first Scottish dance band signed to Greentrax, in 1990, and it was a cracker. The then young Craig McCallum was already… read more